Name:
Yellen, Jack
Born:
July 6, 1892 (Poland)
Died:
April 17, 1991 (Springville, NY)
Note:
Born Jacob Selig Yellen"/ See Gottlieb 245

Songs written or composed

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
Sheet music:
Folder:
56
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Crawford Music Corporation
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York
Date:
1925
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Ikh vil bay eykh a kashe fregen; zogt mir ver es,,
First line (Yiddish):
איך וויל בײַ אייַך אַ קשה פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר ווער...
Notes:
Cover: Worn and repaired black and white copy. Yiddish block ì letters and small English letters. Complete Yiddish text on back coverFront cover notes "This song is also published with English lyrics"
Folder:
88
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc.
Publisher address:
745 Seventh Ave, New York City
Date:
1925
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es...
First line (Yiddish):
איך וויל בײַ אײַך אַ קשה פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר ווער עס
Notes:
Cover: Photo of Joseph Rosenblatt. "A Yiddishe Momme as introduced by the internationally famous tenor - cantor." Records and Piano Rolls obtainable in English and Yiddish.
Folder:
1080
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish text and transliteration
Publisher:
Crawford Music Corp.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York, NY
Date:
1925
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,...
First line (Yiddish):
איך וויל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט נאָר ווער עס קען...

Recordings

On album:
B-107(b) (M. Ben-Sachar, Bariton / Yidishe Lider 2 — מרדכי בן־שחר \ ייִדישע לידער 2)
Track ID:
37725
Vocal:
Ben Shakhar, Mordecai — בּן־שחר, מרדכי
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht, un ver hot bay a krankn bet..
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Vocal
Length:
5:58
On album:
045w (Kressyn, Miriam/ Mayn Yidishe Mame/ Mazl)
Track ID:
30082
Vocal:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
On album:
K-010(a) (Miriam Kressyn Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
10024
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
On album:
R-009(o) (Yossele Rosenblatt/ Songs of My People)
Track ID:
37811
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
G-001(h) (Yidishe Folks Lider Henri Gerro Rosita Londner — ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)
Track ID:
18440
Vocal:
Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ
Conductor/Arranger:
Boland, Didier
Piano:
Solomon, Renee
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18372
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
This is the story of the grandest lady I know,
First line:
װי שײן, װי ליכטיק איז אין הױז װען די מאַמע איז דאָ,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-016(b) (Sophie Tucker Her Latest And Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs)
Track ID:
21031
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
Narrator:
Adams, Mason
Piano:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,
Track comment:
From "My Dream" Sophie Tucker's narrative of her life story
Language:
English
On album:
G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
Track ID:
20561
Artist:
Shelton, Anne & Wally Stott Orch
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
Track comment:
Recorded Early 1960's
Language:
English
On album:
F-027(b) (Myriam Fuks)
Track ID:
21489
Vocal:
Fuks, Myriam
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַיט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-020(a)1 (Byidish Ze Nishmma Yoteyr Tov 1(It Sounds Better In Yiddish) — בּאידיש זה נשמע יותר טוב 1)
Track ID:
22186
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew commentary at song program at Habima Theatre
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-051(b) (Alexandra Gorelik Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib)
Track ID:
22509
Arranger:
Lemm, Manfred
Artist:
Gorelik, Alexandra
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Refers to "A Yidinke Mame"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
22452
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Recorded with Mayn Shtetele Belz
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-059(d) (Daniel Kempin/ Mazl Un Shlamazl — מזל און שלימזל)
Track ID:
22976
Artist:
Kempin, Daniel
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-055(a) (Lekhaim Yidn/Budte Zdravi Zide/Jewish Folk Songs/Yakov Magid — לחיים ייִדן !)
Track ID:
22752
Artist:
Magid, Yakov & Ensemble — מאַגיד, יעקבֿ מיט אַנסאַמבל
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-071(a) (Kleitanim Lyden af jodisk tradition 2.)
Track ID:
22772
Artist:
Rosenfeldt, E., clarinet/Kleitanim
Arranger:
Jensen, Richard Hytholm
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Y-021(a)2 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 2)
Track ID:
23769
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,
Track comment:
Definitive version in English and Yidish
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
K-068(c) (The Klezical Tradition/Mishpokhe Lider/Fraidy Katz, vocalist)
Track ID:
24143
Vocal:
Fraidy Katz
Artist:
Klezical Tradition
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi iz di beste in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי איז די בעסטע אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24384
Artist:
Marcell, Bibi
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zugt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-011(e) (Talila Ben Zimet et Eddy Schaff Yiddish Cafe)
Track ID:
24760
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
Vocal:
Talila
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
G-064(a) (Inessa Galante Maks Goldins: 18 Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
24804
Vocal:
Galante, Inessa
Arranger:
Goldin, Max — גאָלדין, מאַקס
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)
Track ID:
25131
Artist:
Meredith — מערעדיט
Artist:
Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Recorded in France
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-019(a) (Yiddish Forever Zoila)
Track ID:
26204
Vocal:
Aguinsky, Zoila
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Spanish/Yiddish
On album:
I-013(a) (Inna Mazel - Jiddische Lieder)
Track ID:
25315
Vocal:
Slavskaja, Inna
Piano:
Terletsky, Vladimir — טערלעטסקי, װלאַדימיר
Violin:
Bondar, Ilja
Piano:
Gutman, Alexander
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
Track ID:
25851
Artist:
Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
Artist:
Bien, Harvey, narration
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
G-065(a) (Lila Grande A Yiddishe Mame 22 Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
25788
Artist:
Grande, Lilia
First line:
Ver iz bay ayer vigele gezesn tog un nakht,
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ אײַער װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-023(a) (Lechaim - Jewish Songs Giennadi Dubinski)
Track ID:
26303
Artist:
Dubinski, Giennadi
Artist:
Rabinowia, Faddej, acc
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-028(a) (Cantor David Propis sings Memories of Home)
Track ID:
25169
Artist:
Propis, Cantor David
Arranger:
Goldstein, Raymond
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
U-005(a) (Jewish Songs II Piesni zydowskie Irena Urbanska)
Track ID:
26011
Vocal:
Urbanska, Irena
Piano/Clarinet:
Lic, Leslaw
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Track comment:
Recorded under Zydowska mama
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-023(a) (Lechaim - Jewish Songs Giennadi Dubinski)
Track ID:
26315
Vocal:
Rabinowia, Faddej
Arranger:
Tabacznik, Jan, arranger
First line:
קינדער יאָרן, זײַנען שײנע יאָרן, שטענדיק בלײַבט איר מיר אין...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mammi"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
L-048(a) (Rainer Lemke / Yiddish Songs / Davke — דװקאַ)
Track ID:
26700
Artist:
Lemke, Rainer
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, ...
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענ,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-042(a) (Basye Farbotene Lider Ojf Jiddish)
Track ID:
26874
Artist:
Frydman, Basia
Artist:
Hansson, Torsten, piano & arr
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-026(l)1 (The Soul Of Klezmer/ Reve Et Passion/ Fantasy And Passion 1)
Track ID:
27398
Artist:
Epstein Brothers Orchestra
Vocal:
Gold, Ave
First line:
My Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line:
מײַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Track comment:
From Filmscore "A Tickle In The Heart)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
025k (Malavsky Family Choir/ Mayn Yidishe Mame/ Lulinke Mayn Feygele)
Track ID:
29485
Vocal:
Malavsky Family Choir
On album:
N-024(b) (Jidishe Mame / Channa Nussbaum & Spielniks)
Track ID:
27836
Artist:
Spielniks — שפּילניקס
Clarinet/Baritone Saxaphone:
Jessen, Peter
Accordion/Guitar/Mandolin/Machine/Back-up Vocal:
Tolsgaard, Jens
Guitar/Saz/Back-up Vocals:
Steno, Torben
Bass/Back-up Vocals:
Nielsen, Peter
Drums/Percussion/Back-up Vocals:
Krogholt, Morten
Pecussion/Back-up Vocals:
Brinck, Bo
Vocal:
Nussbaum, Chana — נוסבאַום, חנה
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, mit velkher tayere...
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
Length:
004:46
On album:
M-064(a) (Manna From The World Of Jewish Song)
Track ID:
28417
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Conductor:
Osser, Glen
Arranger:
Osser, Glen
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht, un ver hot bay a krankn bet..
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Tenderly/Recicative
On album:
V-015(g) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 7/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31507
Vocal:
Koegel , Migno (Marion)
Conductor:
Bass, Werner S.
First line:
Vi ikh shey do un klag, kum mir for mayn alte mame,
First line (Yiddish):
ווי איך שטיי דאָ און קלוג, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Recitative/Concert/ Accompanied by chamber orchestra
Length:
4:10
On album:
G-041(a) (The Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra of America and California)
Track ID:
20292
Artist:
Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra
Artist:
Burk, David Joshua, violin
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Orchestra a/k/a/ "Traveling Jewish Wedding"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
043w (Gentile, Pietro/Venuti, Joe/ A Yidishe Mame/ Oy Der Rebenyu)
Track ID:
30032
Artist:
Gentile, Pietro/Venuti, Joe
On album:
K-094(a) (Tsigayner Klezmer, Rolinha Kross Trio)
Track ID:
30979
Accordion/Midibass/Arrangement:
van Tol, Theo
Vocal/Arrangement:
Kross, Rolinha
Cimbalom/Arrangement:
Vink, Bokkie
Artist:
Rolinha Kross Trio
First line:
A yidishe mame- es gut nit beser oyf der velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע- עס גוט ניט בעסער אױף דער װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Cabaret
On album:
R-048(a) (Romantic Jewish Songs / Nightclub Music)
Track ID:
28114
Soprano Sax/Tenor Sax:
Vratil, Ladislav
Violin/Viola:
Hudak, Zdenek
Piano/Keyboards/Arranger:
Hindls, Richard
Keyboards/Programming:
Linhart, Radim
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mein jiddische Mame"
Style:
Instrumental/Pop
Length:
04:13
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31706
Vocal:
Holiday, Billie
Piano:
Scott, Tony
First line:
My yidishe mame, I need her more than ever now,
Language:
English
Style:
Cabaret/Concert
Length:
1:27
On album:
B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)
Track ID:
36511
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,
First line:
אין װאַסער אין פֿײַער, װאָלט זי געלאָפֿן פֿאַר איר קינד,
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
4:38
On album:
V-015(a) (Vorbei... Beyond Recall, CD 1/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31269
On album:
V0046 (A Tickle in the Heart/ (Video) — אַ קיצל אין האַרצן (ווידיאָ))
Track ID:
34032
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Pop
On album:
O-027(a) (Ot Azoi / Yiddish Songs From Once To Now/ Orit Perlman / Itay Alter)
Track ID:
36444
Vocal:
Perlman, Orit — פרלמן, אורית
Piano:
Alter, Itay — אלתר, איתי
Double Bass:
Topchiu, Neriton — טופצ'יו, נריטון
Percussion:
Yaniv, Zeev — זאב, יניב
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Jazz/Fusion
Length:
3:43
On album:
M-047(e) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection C)
Track ID:
35674
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
Artist:
Ted Shapiro's Orchestra
Conductor:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
Language:
English
Style:
Concert/Theater
Length:
2:52
On album:
B-121(a) (Shmuel Barzilai in Best Chasidic Songs — שמואל ברזילי בסט חסידיק)
Track ID:
40404
Language:
Hebrew
Length:
5:18
On album:
Y-055(a)1 (Les Yeux Noirs/ Best Oyf)
Track ID:
39295
Bass:
Reveyrand, Kevin
accordion:
Peirani, Vincent
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Erik
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Olivier
drums and percussions:
Tafial, Aidje
guitar and vocal:
Anastasio, Frank
On album:
Y-055(b) (Les Yeux Noirs /Balamouk)
Track ID:
39316
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Erik
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Olivier
guitar and Vocal:
Rondeau, Pascal
Bass and Vocal:
Anastasio, Frank
cello:
Perchat, Francois
drums and percussions:
Tafial, Aidje
accordion:
Bitica, Constantin
On album:
V-023(a) (Monica Vardimon/ The Songs of my Heart/ Di Lider Fun Mayn Harts — די לידער פֿון מײַן האַרץ \מוניקה ורדעמון)
Track ID:
36352
Violin:
Mareinowski, Wojciech
Clarinet:
Witko, Janusz
Piano/Synthsizer:
Kluzowicz, Jerzy
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Cielecki, Jan
Vocal:
Vardeman, Monica — ורדימון, מוניקה
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken, mit velkher tayere...
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
PopConcert
Length:
5:37
On album:
Y-034(a) (Yiddish Songs/ Tous les plus grands tubes Yiddishes du monde)
Track ID:
39177
On album:
Y-034(a) (Yiddish Songs/ Tous les plus grands tubes Yiddishes du monde)
Track ID:
39180
On album:
L-095(a) (Played by Paul Levin The Soul of the Jewish Violin (Vol. 4) Melancholic Melodies Including Yiddish, Holocaust, and Ghetto ballads)
Track ID:
41177
Violin:
Levin, Pavel
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
4:21
On album:
Y-063(a) (The Best Yiddish Album In The World/Jewish Musical Heritage)
Track ID:
41734
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:45
On album:
M-011(a) (Marry Me! Marry Me! An Original Soundtrack Recording)
Track ID:
723
Artist:
Spence, Johnny Orchestra
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-016(b) (Jewish Songs My Mother Sang To Me The Malavsky Family Choir)
Track ID:
724
Vocal:
Malavsky Family Choir
Conductor:
Malavsky, Cantor Samuel — מאַלאַװסקי, חזן סאַמועל
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nisht keyn besers oyf der velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט קײן בעסערד אױף דער װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-009(b) (The Incomparable Josef Rosenblatt)
Track ID:
725
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
Conductor, Orchestra:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Translation with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-009(d) (Cantor Yosele Rosenblatt Sings Yiddish Folk Songs Volume 7 — רנת יוסף)
Track ID:
726
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
Conductor, Orchestra:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-010(a) (From The Album Of Jewish Songs Z Albumu Piesni Zydowskich — פֿון ייִדישן לידער -אַלבום)
Track ID:
727
Vocal:
Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל
Conductor Orchestra:
Wiernik, Adam
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Recorded in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-010(b) (Chants Et Danses Du Folklore Yiddish Abraham Samuel Rettig — ייִדישע פֿאָלקס-געזאַנגען און טענץ)
Track ID:
728
Vocal:
Rettig, Abraham Samuel — רעטיג, אַבֿרהם שמואל
Conductor Orchestra:
Wiernik, Adam
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Recorded in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(a) (Talila et l'ensemble KOL AVIV Chants Yiddish "Ot Azoi" — אָט אַזױ)
Track ID:
729
Vocal:
Talila
Artist:
Kol Aviv Ensemble
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded with instr intro "Mayne Mame"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)
Track ID:
730
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Vi ikh shtey do un trakht, kumt mir for mayn alte mame,
First line (Yiddish):
װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,
Track comment:
Definitive Version in English & Yiddish
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-032(a) (Let's All Together Folk Musical Scenes in Three Acts)
Track ID:
731
Artist:
Jewish Chamber Musical Theatre — ייַדישן מוזיקאַלישן קאַמער טעאַטאַר
Artist:
USSR State Cinematography Orch — סימפֿאָנישער אָרק פֿון מעלוכע קינאָ
Conductor/Arranger:
Gluz, Mikhail — גלוז, מ.
First line:
A Yidishe mame, nito keyn besers in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, ניטאָ קיין בעסערס אין דער װעלט.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-002(b) (Rumania, Rumania Sabra Sings Yiddish Yaffa Yarkoni)
Track ID:
732
Artist:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Conductor:
Osser, Glen
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht,
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "My Yiddishe Momme"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-008(a) (Yiddish Greatest Hits Vol. I — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען)
Track ID:
733
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
ArrangerConductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay der vigele, gezesn tog un nakht,
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דער װיגעלע, געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "My Yiddishe Momme" Same as on Y-02(a)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-071(a) (Gwiazdy Na Dachu / Shtern Oyfn Dakh / Stars on the Roof — שטערן אױפֿן דאַך)
Track ID:
734
Artist:
Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay dem vigele gezesn tog un nakht,
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דעם װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Track comment:
Recording made in Poland under title "Moja Zydowska Matka"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(p) (The Burstein Family II. " My Shtetale Belz")
Track ID:
735
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-014(b) (Belina Siegfried Behrend Jiddish Songs "Es Brennt")
Track ID:
736
Artist:
Belina
Arranger/Guitar:
Behrend, Siegfried
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Recording made in Germany
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(f) (Golden Voices of Israel No 3 Bagelman Sisters and Others)
Track ID:
737
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-028(g) (The Barry Sisters A Time To Remember)
Track ID:
738
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-021(a) (Jewish Songs Sung By Golda Tenser The Small Town of Belz.. — דאָס שטעטעלע בעלז... ייִדישע לידער געזונגען דורך גאָלדע טענצער)
Track ID:
739
Vocal:
Tentser, Golda — טענצער, גאָלדאַ
Conductor/Arranger:
Baiazheieur, P. — באַיאַדזשעיעור, פּ.
First line:
Ver iz aykh bay dem vigele gezesn tog un nakht,
First line (Yiddish):
װער איז אײַך בײַ דעם װיגעלע געזעסן טאָג און נאַכט,
Track comment:
Recording made in Poland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-023(g) (Golden Voices of Israel/ Sings Yiddish Masterpieces — שירי הזהב בּייִדיש)
Track ID:
740
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
Conductor, Orchestra:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Same recording as on R-009(b)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
Track ID:
741
Piano:
Shpargel, V.
Vocal:
Golubeva, P.
Violin:
Korkhin, L.
Arranger:
Tzaizel, U.
First line:
Mayn tayere mame, nito keyn beser oyf der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן טײַערע מאַמע, ניטאָ קײן בעסער אױף דער װעלט,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Mama"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-077(a) (Amy Shapiro sings Yiddish and other songs. Oy Mama)
Track ID:
742
Artist:
Shapiro, Amy
Artist:
Olenick, Jeff, arr & cond
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Synthesizers - "Electronic Orchestra"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-003(d) (Yidishe Lider Fun Tova Ben Tsvi — ייִדישע לידער פֿון טובה בּן צבי)
Track ID:
743
Artist:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-034(a) (Roslyn Cooper Songs Of The Jewish People)
Track ID:
744
Artist:
Cooper, Roslyn
Conductor/Arranger:
Howard, Hersh
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-062(a) (Kinnor Children's Choir of Riga, Latvia)
Track ID:
745
Artist:
Kinnor Child Choir, Riga, Latvia
Artist:
Leinwand, Michael, director
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-023(a) (Irina Fogelson Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)
Track ID:
746
Artist:
Fogelson, Irena
Arranger:
Shalit, Vladimir
Arranger:
Batitsky, Pavel
First line:
My yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt,
First line (Yiddish):
מײַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(e) (David Fisher My Mother's Language 22 Songs Mamma L'shon — דודו פישר מאַמע לשון שפת אימי מיטב השירים ביידיש)
Track ID:
747
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
Arranger:
Weiss, Roni — וייס, רוני,
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)
Track ID:
748
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
Track comment:
Definitive Version
Language:
English
On album:
Z-010(b) (The Brothers Zim In Concert singing Jewish Nostalgia)
Track ID:
749
Artist:
Zim, Paul and Sol
Conductor Orchestra:
Barnes, Rolf
Artist:
Zim, Sol, vocal arr
First line:
My Yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,
Language:
English
On album:
L-033(a) (Dale Lind in Concert)
Track ID:
750
Vocal:
Lind, Dale
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with "A Brivele Der Mamen"
Language:
English
On album:
N-008(d) (Fay Nicoll Toda)
Track ID:
751
Artist:
Nicoll, Faye
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
752
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
My yidishe mame, I need her more then ever now,
First line:
אין װאַסער אין פֿײַער, װאָלט זי געלאָפֿן פֿאַר איר קינד,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
753
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
װי איך שטײ דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע,
Track comment:
"Definitive version in English and Yiddish
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)
Track ID:
754
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Artist:
Golden Land Orchestra
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had my goodly share
Track comment:
From "Those Were The Days"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
755
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had my goodly share
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
R-042(a) (Eleanor Reissa Going Home Gems of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
756
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Those Were The Days"
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-020(d) (Leo Fuld My Yiddishe Mama)
Track ID:
757
Artist:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Artist:
Scheffer, Pi., orch cond & arr
First line:
Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט נאָך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
R-024(a) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Montage/Documentary)
Track ID:
758
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
Artist:
Ted Shapiro's Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Track comment:
From album T-016(a)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
F-024(c) (Childhood Years Yiddish Soul Music David Fisher — שנות ילדות שירי נשמה אידיים דודו פישר)
Track ID:
759
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Eshal veym efshar enu li al hasheyula,
First line (Hebrew):
אשׁאל ואם אפשׁר ענוּ לי על השאלה: מהוּ האוֹצר הכי יקר שׁבּעוֹלם?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Pop
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
760
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
J-009(a) (Soul of a People Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins)
Track ID:
761
Artist:
Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
Arranger/Conductor:
Jenkins, Gordon
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
K-007(b) (More Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
762
Vocal:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
A yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
Track comment:
Trasnliteration of refrain (variant) with album.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
P-019(a) (Tradition / Itzhak Perlman plays Popular Jewish Melodies/ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/ Dov Seltzer, Conductor and Arranger)
Track ID:
763
Violin:
Perlman, Yitskhak — פּערלמאַן, יצחק
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra — ישׂראל פֿילהאָרמאָניק אָרקעסטער
Conductor/Aranger:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
R-028(a) (Paul Rothman & His Orchestra present A Taste of Israel)
Track ID:
764
Artist:
Paul Rothman Orchestra
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מען װער עס קענט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
R-030(a) (Meir Rimon and His Horn Nigunim)
Track ID:
765
French Horn:
Rimon, Meir — רימוֹן, מאיר
Piano/Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID:
766
Artist:
Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Artist:
Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
I-009(a) (Michael Isaacson and The Israeli Pops Opening Night!)
Track ID:
767
Arranger/Conductor:
Isaacson, Michael
Artist:
Isaacson, M & Scott Lavender, arr
Artist:
Israel Pops
Arranger:
Lavender, Scott
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Mandlen/ A Yidishe Mame/ Tum Balalayke/
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
768
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Lou Lockette Orchestra
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Z-016(a) (K'zohar Harakiya Brightness Of The Sky Israel Zohar — כּזוהר הרקיע ישׂראל זוהר)
Track ID:
769
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Z-016(b) (Nigunim Of Gold Israel Zohar — ניגונים של זהב ישׂראל זוהר)
Track ID:
770
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
B-008(c) (Spirit Of A People Stanley Black Conducting London....)
Track ID:
771
Artist:
London Festival Orch & Chorus
Conductor:
Black, Stanley
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
V-010(a) (ERLAG< LEZMER!)
Track ID:
772
Artist:
VIVA KLEZMER
Clarinet/Arranger:
Kavadlo, Gene
Violin:
Kavadlo, Avi
Guitar:
Mosley, Mike
Bass:
Bjorlie, Leo
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
D-011(a) (Dimitri Dourakine Und Sein Orchester Shalom)
Track ID:
773
Artist:
Dourakine, Dimitri & Orch
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Y-002(e) (Los Exitos De Israel Canta En Espanol Yaffa Yarkoni — יפה ירקוני שרה ספרדית)
Track ID:
774
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Madre Querida"
Language:
Spanish
On album:
H-006(a) (Jewish Folk Songs from Russia)
Track ID:
712
Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.
Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-006(b) (Yiddish Songs and Dances Jewish Folk Music from Eastern Eur)
Track ID:
713
Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.
Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-008(a) (David and Judith Hass Songs from the Jewish Folklore — דוד ויהודית האס ישׂמחו השמיים)
Track ID:
714
Artist:
Hass, Judith — האַס, יהודית
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
I-006(a) (Soul of Israel 101 Strings)
Track ID:
715
Artist:
101 Strings
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line (Yiddish):
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-003(a) (Judith Accompagnee par Didier Bolland)
Track ID:
716
Vocal:
Judith
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Arranger:
Bertret, G. / Bolland, D., arr
First line:
A Yidishe mame, zi makht aykh zis di gantse velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, זי מאַכט אײַך זיס די גאַנצע װעלט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-010(a) (Miriam Kressyn Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
717
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(b) (Seymour Rexsite Sings Jewish Folk Songs & Yiddish Theatre...)
Track ID:
718
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-024(b) (Golden Yiddish Favorites 20 Songs David Fisher — גולדענע לידער 20 לידער די בעסטע ייִדישע לידער דודו פישר)
Track ID:
719
Vocal:
Fisher, Dovid (Dudu) פֿישער, דוד (דודו)
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאַקט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:
720
Vocal:
Katz, Mickey
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:
Farber, Nat
Artist:
Der Ganser Gang
Vocal:
Drake, Marty
Vocal:
Mills, Shirley
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-012(n) (Peysekhke Burstein Lillian Lux Mike Burstein Susan... — פּסחקע בורשטײַן ליליאַן לוקס מאָטעלע זיסעלע שירי בּיידיש)
Track ID:
721
Vocal:
Lux, Lillian — לוקס, ליליאַן
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, entfert mir atsind,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, ענטפֿערט מיר אַצינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-017(a) (Dany Delmin chante & dirge Israel D'hier & D'aujourd'hui)
Track ID:
722
Artist:
Delmin, Dany and Orchestra — דעלמין, דאַני און אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מען װער עס קענט,
Track comment:
Recording made in France.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-052(a) (Aliza Kashi Hello People Vol 2)
Track ID:
775
Artist:
Kashi, Aliza
Conductor/Arranger:
Finkel, Ian
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es kent,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קענט,
Track comment:
Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-012(j) (Mike Burstyn Live In Jerusalem — מײַק בורשטײן)
Track ID:
776
Vocal:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Track comment:
My Yidishe mame, I miss her more than ever now,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-012(k) (Mike Burstyn Rozhinkes mit Mandlen and other great...songs — מײַק בורשטײן ראָזהינקעס מיט מאַנדלען און באַליבטע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
777
Vocal/Director:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zogt mir ver es ken,
First line:
איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Y-015(a) (Yiddish Is Alive — ייִדיש לעבט יידיש חי)
Track ID:
778
Vocal:
Burstein, Mike — בורשטײַן, מײַק
First line:
A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Track comment:
My Yidishe mame, I miss her more than ever now,
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
M-047(e) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection C)
Track ID:
35675
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
Artist:
Ted Shapiro's Orchestra
Conductor:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
Ikh shtey do un trakht kumt mir for mayn alte mame nisht keyn upgefarbte yenki
First line (Yiddish):
איך שטיי דאָ און טראַכט, קומט מיר פֿאָר מײַן אַלטע מאַמע, נישט קיין אופּגעפֿאַרבטע...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Theater/Recicitve
Length:
2:59

Hula Lou

Author:
Charles, Milton
Author:
King, Wayne
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Charles, Milton
Composer:
King, Wayne
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Theater/American/Pop/Rique
Subject:
Sailors//Hula//Shake/Notoriety/Sexy/Vamp/Crew
Origin:
T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recordings

On album:
T-016(a) (The Last Of The Red Hot Mamas Sophie Tucker's Greatest Hits)
Track ID:
6901
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Charles, M. / W. King
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
You can talk all you want about women, that a sailor known..
On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42711
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
You can talk all You want about women, said a sailor known as Dan McCan…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American/Risque
Length:
2:24

Mayn Mames Shabos Likht — מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט

Also known as:
My Mother's Sabbath Candles
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Theater/Pop
Subject:
Mother/Shabos/Memory/Candles/Ritual/Family
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1105
Translation:
Ephemera 1105
Additional song notes:
My Mother's Sabbath Candles
Related information in folder 1105:
Comments:
1. Transkiteration and translation of Mayn Mames Shabos Likht from internet

Recordings

On album:
Y-012(a) (Yiddishe Lieder Parade — ייִדישע לידער פּאַראַדאַ)
Track ID:
9878
Vocl:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
S'iz fraytik nakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt...
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..
Track comment:
Song credited to "Tucker" ??
On album:
J-018(a) (Leibele Jinich Canciones De Ayer, Hoy, Y Siempre)
Track ID:
9879
Vocal:
Jinich, Leybele
Piano:
Castillo, Isauro
First line:
S'iz fraytik nakht, men zitst un trakht, vos es hot di tsayt
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מען זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די צײַט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Song credited to "Yellen"
On album:
E-001(f) (David Eshet Stars of Israel — דוד עשת)
Track ID:
9880
Vocal:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
S'iz fraytik nakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt...
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
F-007(c) (Genia Feierman Zingt Avreimele Melamed — געניאַ פֿײַערמאַן זינגט אבֿרהמלע מלמד)
Track ID:
9881
Vocal:
Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ
Artist:
Usherovici, Pisi M., orch
First line:
S'iz fraytik nakht, ikh zits un trakht, vos di tseyt...
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, איך זיץ און טראַכט, װאָס די צײט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)
Track ID:
9882
Vocal/English Adaption:
Bart, Jan
Arranger/Musical Director/Pianist:
Gunther, William
First line:
There's a picture that my memory fondly frames,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
9884
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,
Language:
English
On album:
A-023(a) (Jewish Songs Our Favorite Melodies featuring June Astor)
Track ID:
9885
Artist:
Astor, June
Artist:
Cooper, Harry
Artist:
Instrumental Ensemble
First line:
Dos harts lozt nisht fargesn, di mames shabos likht,
First line:
דאָס האָרץ לאָזט נישט פֿאָגעסן, די מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
S-007(d) (The Two Sides Of Benjamin Siegel)
Track ID:
9886
Vocal:
Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
Arranger/Conductor:
Max, Harry
First line:
There's a picture that my memory fondly frames,
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די צײַט...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Sabbath Candles".
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
M-015(a) (Line Monty Chante en Francais Orchestre Didier Boland)
Track ID:
9887
French Adaptation:
Bernard, Gil
Vocal:
Monty, Line
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Piano:
Solomon, Renee
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Les Lumieres Du Shabbat"
Language:
French
On album:
Z-009(b) (2 Berele Zaltsman — 2 בּרלה זלצמן)
Track ID:
9888
Vocal:
Zaltsman, Cantor Berele — זלצמן, חזן בּרלה
Musical Director:
Avitsur, Eytan — אביצור, איתן
Piano:
Heydu, Andre — היידו, אנדרה
First line:
Ikh vel keyn mol nit fargesn mayn mames shabos likht,
First line:
איך װעל קײן מאָל ניט פֿאַרגעסן מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Nerot Shabos"
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish
On album:
E-005(a) (14 Great Jewish Songs Sung by Avrasha Einshtein — 14 ייִדישע באַרימטע לידער זינגט אבֿראַשה אײנשטײן)
Track ID:
9889
Vocal:
Eynshteyn, Avrasha — אײנשטײן, אַבֿראַשה
Director/Arranger:
Landvar, Tsvi, dir & arr — לאַנדװאַר צבֿי, דירעגענט און באַאַרבעט
First line:
Ikh vel keyn mol nit fargesn mayn mames shabos likht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װעל קײן מאָל ניט פֿאַרגעסן מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Shabos Likht"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18366
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Conductor:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
S'iz fraytik tsu nakht, ikh zitst un trakht, vi mayn mame...
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צו נאַכט, איך זיץ און טאאַכט, װיען מאַמע באָט…
Track comment:
My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
M-053(b) (Meredith Heritage of Jewish Folklore — אַ ייִדישע ירושה)
Track ID:
25134
Vocal:
Meredith — מערעדיט
Arranger/Musical Director:
Biota, Pablo, arr and musical dir
First line:
S'iz fraytik tsunakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt.
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צונאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..
Track comment:
Recorded in France
On album:
I-014(a) (Richard Inger vedette "Elesdisc")
Track ID:
27586
Vocal:
Ingber, Richard — אינגבער, ריצ'אַרד
First line:
S'iz fraytik tsunakht, me zitst un trakht, vos hot di velt.
First line:
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק צונאַכט, מע זיצט און טראַכט, װאָס ס'האָט די װעלט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
023m (Astor, June/ My Mother's Sabbath Candles/ Mir Zol Zayn Far Dir)
Track ID:
29427
Artist:
Astor, June
On album:
F-007(f) (Genia Fajerman/ Mamele — זשעני פֿײַערמאַן \ מאַמעלע)
Track ID:
36408
Vocal:
Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ
First line:
S’iz fraytik nakht, ikh zits un trakht vos di tsayt fun undz gemakht,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז פֿרײַטיק נאַכט, איך זיץ און טראַכט, וואָס האָט די צײַט פֿון אונדז געמאַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:10
On album:
B-028(m) (The Barry Sisters/ Their Greatest Yiddish Hits)
Track ID:
36505
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
My mother's Sabbath candles that made our home so bright,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Concert
Length:
2:46

Mama Goes Where Poppa Goes

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Agar
Composer:
Agar
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Novelty
Subject:
Philandering/Husband/Wife/
Origin:
CD Z-011(f)

Recording

On album:
Z-011(f) (Talila & Ben Zimet / Yiddish Atmosphere)
Track ID:
28753
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
Vocal:
Talila
Accordion:
Schaff, Eddy
Trumpet/Trombone/Percussion/Clarinet:
Derouin, Michel
First line:
All you lonely girls, whose hubbies stay out nights, don't be chumps all...
First line:
הער זיך אייִן מייִן מאַן, איך האָב עפּעס צו דיר, עס איז גאָר נישט קייִן פּלאַן...
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Duet/Swing/Humorous
Length:
02:50
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Hotcha Joe (Georgia Gigalo)

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Pop/Ameerican/Theater
Subject:
Clothes/Fashion/Attraction/Women/Gigalo/Husbands
Origin:
Alb T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42696
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Will you look at all the girls all dressed up, They're all hopped up,…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American
Length:
2:25

No One But The Right Man Can Do Me Wrong

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Pop/Ameerican/Theater
Subject:
Love/Compatability/Constancy/Faithfulness/Substance
Origin:
Alb T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42700
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Where or where is that Mr. Right, will he ever come along, I've been searching
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American
Length:
1:58

The Sophie Tucker School For Red Hot Mamas

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Dougherty, Dan
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Dougherty, Dan
Genre:
Pop/American/Theater/Humorous
Subject:
Institution/Knowledge/Sex/Marriage/Satisfaction/Ignorance
Origin:
Alb T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42703
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
I've been saying for years there's an institution which this country has always
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American/Risque
Length:
3:24

Vitamins Hormones & Pills

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Dougherty, Dan
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Dougherty, Dan
Genre:
Pop/American/Theater
Subject:
Sex/Doctors/Miracles/Aging/Artificial/Failure/Satisfaction
Origin:
Alb T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42704
First line:
For the miracles doctors perform every day, we own them a debt we can never…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American/Risque
Length:
3:40

I don't Want To Get Thin

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Ager, Milton
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Ager, Milton
Genre:
Theater/American/Pop
Subject:
Weight/Diet/Curves/Husbands/Fat/Satisfaction
Origin:
T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker (Ted Shapiro - Straight Man)

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42705
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
Vocal/Piano:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
Almost every day I hear some kind friend say, Sophie dear, I think you're much…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American
Length:
2:50

The Last of the Red Hot Mames

Author:
Ager, Milton
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Ager, Milton
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Theater/American/Pop/Risque/Humorous/
Subject:
Love/Oversexed/Accomplished
Origin:
T-077(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42707
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
Shieks, neckers and jelly beans, lend me your ears, so you think you've been…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American/Risque
Length:
2:30
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Life Begins At Forty

Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Shapiro, Ted
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Shapiro, Ted
Genre:
Theater/American/Pop
Subject:
Age/Youth/Experience/Quality/Love/Zaftik//Renewal
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Tucker

Recording

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
42710
Vocal:
Tucker, Sophie
First line:
I've often heard it said and in sung, and kids sixteen to twenty-one think…
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/American
Length:
3:00

Other tracks with this artist

Joshua's Yidishe Momme (Instr) — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע (אינסטר)

On album:
xG-041(a)
Track ID:
20293
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Artist:
Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra
Artist:
Burk, David Joshua, violin
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Orchestra a/k/a/ "Traveling Jewish Wedding"

Libenke Mame — ליבענקע מאַמע

On album:
xH-006(a)
Track ID:
9180
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.
Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR.

Nerot Shabos (Mayn Mames Shabos..) — נרות שבּת (מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט)

On album:
xZ-009(b)
Track ID:
10984
Author/Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Artist:
Zaltsman, Cantor Berele — זלצמן, חזן בּרלה
Musical Director:
Avitsur, Eytan — אביצור, איתן
Piano:
Heydu, Andre — היידו, אנדרה
First line:
Ikh vel keyn mol nit fargesn mayn mames shabos likht,
First line (Yiddish):
איף װעל קײן מאָל ניט פֿאַרגעסן מײַן מאַמעס שבּת ליכט,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Nerot Shabos" "שבּת "מרות
Language:
Yiddish

My Mother's Shabos Candles

Additional song notes:
See "Mayn Mames Shabos Likht"
On album:
xB-002(c)
Track ID:
10840
Author/Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Arranger/Conductor:
Gunther, William
First line:
There's a picture that my memory fondly frames,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "My Mother's Sabbath Candles".

If He's Good Enough To Fight (Eng)

On album:
T-016(b) (Sophie Tucker Her Latest And Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs)
Track ID:
21032
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Composer:
Dougherty, Dan
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
Narrator:
Adams, Mason
Piano:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
Listen to me girls, if he's good enough to fight for his...
Track comment:
From "My Dream" Sophie Tucker's narrative of her life story
Language:
English

Some Of These Days

Author:
Brooks, Shelton
Composer:
Brooks, Shelton
Genre:
Pop/American
Subject:
Rejection/Lonliness/Regret/Affection
Origin:
T-007(a)
Additional song notes:
Sung by Sophie Ticker
On album:
T-016(b) (Sophie Tucker Her Latest And Greatest Spicy Saucy Songs)
Track ID:
21033
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Artist:
Tucker, Sophie
Narrator:
Adams, Mason
Piano:
Shapiro, Ted
First line:
Some of these days you'll miss me honey, some of these...
Track comment:
From "My Dream" Sophie Tucker's narrative of her life story
Language:
English